The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-05-14
ADVICE TO GIRLS.
The Necessity and Benefit OF
Abundant Exercise.
How to Avoid at Thirty the Sofa. shawl.
Neuralgia and Nerves-what May
BE Accomplished by Proper
Training.

The natural destination of women
over thirty" says Mr.. William Blake. |
in an article relating to physical cult
are, lis the sofa, a shawl. and neu-
ralgia y Surely most discouraging
prospect to the gsatle sex. And yet,
il is largely their own fault, for our
girls neglect too frequently the exer-
else which would Danish the latent
weakness that hastens their arrival at
the destination so graphically described
by Mr.. Blake. In our own city we
ind clear demonstration of the theory
of physical degeneration men who
should be our ideals of strength and
beauty are small and Of almost effem-
mate physique. Girls who should be
able to walk several miles without
fatigue are completely overcome aud
good for nothing the remainder of the
day if they walk many squares And so
IL is-the whole race is becoming puny
and feeble from lack of systematic ex-
ercise. upon which depends so much of
their happiness, particularly of the
girls. since they see across the "Rlbi-
CON" the sofa and a shawl. neuralgia
and nerSes. headaches and temper.
Miss B ,rtha Won Hillern is a notable
| example of what il is possible for
woman to accomplish by training.
| Devoted and successful artist rs she is.
her physical eultura is not deemed
| second to her artistic. and portion OF
each day is given up to this need of her
nature. And while it il a need of all
! natures. it becomes pre-eminently so to
| those who give it its rightful consider
/ alton. Not only does the material
| comfort depend upon regular. moder-
ate exercise. but the mental growth
and development as well. 1t stands to
reason that vigorous health influences
the mental conditions. and that the man
or woman who is constitutionally the
most robust will be capable of a great
er amount of intellectual labor. Look
Mt Gladstone rs an illustration of the
uower of the body upon the mind Al
shaugh an old man, he still walks six
miles every morning before breakfast
ING. The result is y clear. active brain
and well-preserve1 structure. suchns
a man half century younger might
we'll envy him. He attributes his
activity to the physical culture. which
has never been neglected during the
whole ST his remarkable career. And
there is no doubt that if the men and
wonaen of the present would emulate his
sxAmple there would be fewer pigmies
in the world. Julian Hawthorne. VIII o
san athlete mentally and physically.
,hows has opinion of the necessity OF
regular exercise for women in the
raining of his owa little daughter, who,
,lthough but eleven years of age, can
walk mile in seven minutes easily.
| imagine what glorious specimen oi
vomanhood she will oe! No shawls OF
nerves for her, thanks to her father
superior intelligence.
Strength should be woman's pride
no less than a mans. Exercise alone
will develop it. and at the same tim'
impart that symmetrical beauty o
form which characterized the god
I like Greeks" 1t has been too long neg
{ tected in our schools. as the pale face
of the children will testify. Few chill
dren really take any beneficial exercis
white in school. The hour, or half
hour. COR recreation in the middle o
= the day is passed in studying the les
sons for the afternoon session or il
walking mp and down the warm room
and halls. This is partly due to tn
fact that few of the schools have yard
sufficiently large to accommodate ther
in any pleasant pastime. This is
be regretted, as it is at this perio
of a persons life that physical trainin
should be doing its work. The intro
duction of calisthenic exercises in tn
schools several years ago was the fir:
: step in the right direction, and gay
the children taste for physical cal
,I-e. which was before unknown
: them. Unfortunately, they must g
through the various movements an
drills in the school-room. and SO ca
not inhaie the pure oxygen, which
rhe most essential part of the benef
The fashionable craze for lawn-tenn
goes to prove that our girls are becon
n ING aware of their deficiency in I'll
- matter of out-of-door sports. and IL
enthusiasm which has been develope
= in them for this graceful aud healthf
= game shows that they are not behlr
thfs age of progression. And we O.
= but feel proud to know that we ha
lately started in Baltimore a physic
culture class for girls, in connecti'
with the Hopkins University, or rath
under its kindly patronage. Inste
of listless white-faced maidens. we m